−Removed: Financial Statements and Supplementary
−Removed: The following financial statements
−Removed: are included in this Report:
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
+Added: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
+Added: following financial statements are included in this Report:
+Added: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2024 and 2023
−Removed: Statements of Operations
−Removed: for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: Statements of Shareholders' Equity
−Removed: for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and
+Added: Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
+Added: Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
+Added: Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
−Removed: Board of Directors and Shareholders
+Added: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
+Added: the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Encision, Inc.
−Removed: Opinion on the Financial Statements
−Removed: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance
−Removed: sheet of Encision Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statement of operations, statements
−Removed: of stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the year then ended, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred
−Removed: to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
−Removed: financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the year then
−Removed: ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: Basis for Opinion
−Removed: These financial statements are the responsibility
−Removed: of the entity’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
−Removed: a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required
−Removed: to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations
−Removed: of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards
−Removed: of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
−Removed: are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
−Removed: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform,
−Removed: an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting.
+Added: on the Financial Statements
+Added: have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Encision, Inc.
+Added: (the Company) as of March 31, 2024, and the related statements of operations,
+Added: shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements).
+Added: our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31,
+Added: 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally
+Added: accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 2023, were audited by other auditors whose report dated June 28, 2023, expressed
+Added: an unqualified opinion on those statements.
+Added: financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
+Added: financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
+Added: (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities
+Added: laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
+Added: reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits,
+Added: we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
+Added: on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: Our audit included performing procedures to assess
−Removed: the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
−Removed: to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
−Removed: the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: Critical Audit Matter Description
−Removed: The Company’s inventories consist of finished
−Removed: goods and raw materials, which are manufactured or purchased for use in the Company’s finished goods.
−Removed: The Company offers several
−Removed: different products to its customers.
−Removed: The cost of the inventory is a combination of raw materials, labor to convert those materials to
−Removed: components of the inventory and finished goods, and an allocation of overhead and related costs.
−Removed: The Company also prepares an obsolescence
−Removed: valuation at year end to properly record inventory at lower of cost or net realizable value.
−Removed: Significant judgment is exercised by the Company in
−Removed: determining the costs of inventory and includes the following:
−Removed: · Determination of which costs to include at each manufacturing phase, including
−Removed: overhead allocation and materials used for production and finished goods.
−Removed: · Identification of Inventory on hand and any obsolescence reserve or write-offs
−Removed: determined based on usability of inventory on hand.
−Removed: Given the inherent uncertainty in forecasting product
−Removed: demand, including the impact of product releases, auditing the reasonableness of management’s estimated and assumptions related
−Removed: to inventory reserve required a high degree of auditor judgement and an increased extent of effort.
−Removed: How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed
−Removed: Our principal audit procedures related to the Company's
−Removed: inventory included the following:
−Removed: · We evaluated management’s significant accounting policies related
−Removed: to inventory for reasonableness.
−Removed: · We selected a sample of finished goods and raw materials and performed detailed
−Removed: testing over the items selected, including but not limited to the following:
−Removed: o Agreed the bill of materials source documents for each selection, including
−Removed: invoice, labor and overhead allocations, and any other items relevant to price verification
−Removed: o Tested managements identification and application of inventory costs for
−Removed: components and finished goods
−Removed: o Performed a physical inventory count as of year-end and tested the reconciliation
−Removed: of quantities on hand to the inventory listing, performing both existence and completeness testing.
−Removed: o Assessed the reasonableness of costs and the appropriate application of
−Removed: managements significant accounting policies related to Inventory, including determination of inventory obsolescence reserve.
−Removed: Emphasis of Matters-Risks and Uncertainties
−Removed: The Company is not able to predict the ultimate impact that COVID -19 will
−Removed: have on its business.
−Removed: However, if the current economic conditions continue, the pandemic could have an adverse impact on the economies
−Removed: and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical area in which the Company plans to operate.
−Removed: /s/ Gries & Associates, LLC
−Removed: We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
−Removed: June 28, 2023
−Removed: Encision Inc.
−Removed: Balance Sheets
+Added: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
+Added: or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
+Added: the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
+Added: estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audits
+Added: provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated
+Added: or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that:
+Added: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial
+Added: statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
+Added: The communication of critical audit matters
+Added: does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit
+Added: matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
+Added: Valuation - Finished Goods
+Added: Company’s inventories consist of finished goods and raw materials, which are manufactured or purchased for use in the Company’s
+Added: finished goods.
+Added: The Company offers several different products to its customers.
+Added: The cost of the internally produced inventory is a combination
+Added: of raw materials, labor to convert those materials to components of the inventory to finished goods, and an allocation of overhead and
+Added: related costs.
+Added: Significant judgment is exercised by the Company in determining the components of the costs of inventory and includes
+Added: the determination of which costs to include at each manufacturing phase, including overhead allocation and materials used for production
+Added: of finished goods, and monitoring the appropriate absorption of the overhead cost and correcting the hourly rate when necessary
+Added: the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
+Added: principal audit procedures related to the Company's inventory included the following:
+Added: assessed the reasonableness of costs and the appropriate application of management’s
+Added: significant accounting policies related to inventory, including determination of inventory
+Added: obsolescence reserve.
+Added: selected a sample of finished goods and raw materials and performed detailed testing over
+Added: the items selected, including but not limited to the following:
+Added: the bill of materials source documents for each selection, including raw materials value,
+Added: labor, and overhead allocations, and any other items relevant to price verification.
+Added: a selection of raw materials to the source documents, invoices, and any other items relevant
+Added: to price verification
+Added: managements identification and application of the overhead calculation and labor cost
+Added: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
+Added: Angeles, California
+Added: ID Number 6580
March 31, 2024
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Accounts receivable
−Removed: Inventories, net of reserve for obsolescence of $ 51,000 at March 31, 2023 and $ 36,000 at March 31, 2022
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Total current assets
−Removed: Furniture, fixtures and equipment, at cost
+Added: Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Accumulated depreciation
2 unchanged sentences
Equipment, net
−Removed: Right of use asset
−Removed: Patents, net of accumulated amortization of $ 306,946 at March 31, 2023 and $ 282,081 at March 31, 2022
+Added: Right of use asset, net
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
24 unchanged sentences
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of
−Removed: these statements.
−Removed: Encision Inc.
−Removed: Statements of Operations
+Added: accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
+Added: of Operations
March 31, 2024
9 unchanged sentences
OPERATING (LOSS)
−Removed: OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
+Added: OTHER (EXPENSE):
Interest expense, net
−Removed: Extinguishment of debt income
Other income, (expense) net
−Removed: Interest expense, extinguishment of debt income and other income, expense, net
+Added: Interest expense and other income, expense, net
(LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
1 unchanged sentence
$ ( 691,783 )
+Added: $ ( 323,945 )
Net (loss) per share—basic and diluted
−Removed: Weighted average shares—basic
−Removed: Weighted average shares—diluted
−Removed: The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of
−Removed: these statements.
−Removed: Encision Inc.
−Removed: Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
−Removed: Shareholders’
+Added: Weighted average shares—basic and diluted
+Added: accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
+Added: of Shareholders’ Equity
+Added: Shares of Common Stock
+Added: Common Stock and Additional
+Added: Paid-in Capital
+Added: Total Shareholders’
BALANCES AT MARCH 31, 2022
$ ( 21,529,319 )
−Removed: Compensation expense related to equities
+Added: Compensation expense related to stock based compensation
Options exercised
1 unchanged sentence
$ ( 21,853,264 )
−Removed: Compensation expense related to equities
+Added: Compensation expense related to stock based compensation
Options exercised
1 unchanged sentence
$ ( 22,545,047 )
−Removed: The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of
−Removed: these statements.
−Removed: Encision Inc.
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
+Added: of Cash Flows
March 31, 2024
March 31, 2023
−Removed: Cash flows (used in) operating activities:
+Added: Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
$ ( 691,783 )
+Added: $ ( 323,945 )
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) operating activities:
−Removed: Extinguishment of debt income
−Removed: Write-off of tooling
Depreciation and amortization
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options
−Removed: (Recovery from) doubtful accounts, net change
−Removed: Provision for (recovery from) for inventory obsolescence, net change
−Removed: Other income from release of account payable
+Added: Provision for inventory obsolescence
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
4 unchanged sentences
Accrued compensation and other accrued liabilities
−Removed: Net cash (used in) operating activities
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash flows (used in) investing activities:
2 unchanged sentences
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
−Removed: Borrowings from credit facility, net change
+Added: Borrowings from (paydown of) credit facility, net change
Borrowings from (paydown of) secured notes
7 unchanged sentences
Cash paid during the year for interest
−Removed: The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of
−Removed: these statements.
−Removed: ENCISION INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Description of Business
−Removed: and Basis of Presentation
+Added: accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
ENCISION INC.
−Removed: is a medical device company that designs,
−Removed: develops, manufactures and markets patented surgical instruments that provide greater safety to patients undergoing minimally-invasive
−Removed: We believe that our patented AEM ® surgical instrument technology is changing the marketplace for electrosurgical
−Removed: devices and instruments by providing a solution to a well-documented risk in laparoscopic surgery.
−Removed: Our sales to date have been made primarily
−Removed: in the United States.
−Removed: We have an accumulated deficit of $ 21,853,264 at March
−Removed: Operating funds have been provided primarily by issuances of our common stock and warrants, the exercise of stock options to
−Removed: purchase our common stock, loans, and by operating profits.
−Removed: Our liquidity has diminished because of prior years’ operating losses,
−Removed: and we may be required to seek additional capital in the future.
−Removed: Our strategic marketing and sales plan is designed
−Removed: to expand the use of our products in surgically active hospitals in the United States.
−Removed: In February 2023, we signed a Proof of Concept Services
−Removed: Agreement with Vicarious Surgical Inc.
+Added: TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: of Business and Basis of Presentation
+Added: is a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets patented surgical instruments that provide greater
+Added: safety to patients undergoing minimally-invasive surgery.
+Added: We believe that our patented AEM ® surgical instrument technology
+Added: is changing the marketplace for electrosurgical devices and instruments by providing a solution to a well-documented risk in laparoscopic
+Added: Our sales to date have been made primarily in the United States.
+Added: Sales included $ 311,104 from Australia and $ 48,861 from New
+Added: have an accumulated deficit of $ 22,545,047 at March 31, 2024.
+Added: Operating funds have been provided primarily by issuances of our common
+Added: stock and warrants, the exercise of stock options to purchase our common stock, loans, and by operating profits.
+Added: Our liquidity has diminished
+Added: because of prior years’ operating losses, and we may be required to seek additional capital in the future.
+Added: strategic marketing and sales plan is designed to expand the use of our products in surgically active hospitals in the United States.
+Added: February 2024, we signed a Proof-of-Concept Services Agreement with Vicarious Surgical Inc.
(“Vicarious”).
−Removed: The Vicarious robot design intends to maximize visualization, precision,
−Removed: and control of instruments in robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery.
−Removed: In February 2023, we signed a Supplier Agreement (“Agreement”)
−Removed: with Human Xtensions (“Human X”).
−Removed: Under the Agreement, we will perform manufacturing services, which includes procuring materials,
−Removed: manufacturing, assembling, and testing products pursuant to detailed written specifications for Human X.
−Removed: Human X develops unmediated surgical
−Removed: systems that combine the capacity of robotics with the benefits of handheld tools and ergonomic bed mounts.
−Removed: We had (net loss) available to shareholders of $( 323,945 )
−Removed: and $( 65,594 ) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023, we had $ 188,966 in cash available to
−Removed: fund future operations, and outstanding borrowings of $ 227,300 .
−Removed: In February 2021, we entered into an unsecured promissory note under the
−Removed: PPP for a principal amount of $ 533,118 .
−Removed: The PPP was established under the congressionally approved CARES Act.
−Removed: The term of the PPP loan
−Removed: is for two years with an interest rate of 1.0 % per year, which will be deferred for the first six months of the term of the loan.
−Removed: the initial six-month deferral period, the loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest until maturity with respect to any
−Removed: portion of the PPP loan which is not forgiven.
−Removed: Under the terms of the CARES Act, a PPP loan recipient may apply for, and be granted,
−Removed: forgiveness for all or a portion of loans granted under the PPP.
−Removed: During the quarter ended September 30, 2021 we achieved the requirements
−Removed: for forgiveness of the loan and recognized extinguishment of debt income.
−Removed: We increased our pricing on products to mitigate somewhat our
−Removed: higher material costs.
−Removed: We have a new line of credit for up to $ 1 million, restricted by eligible receivables.
+Added: The Vicarious
+Added: robot design intends to maximize visualization, precision, and control of instruments in robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery.
+Added: had (net loss) available to shareholders of $( 691,783 ) and $( 323,945 ) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: At March 31, 2024, we had $ 42,509 in cash available to fund future operations.
+Added: We increased our pricing on products to mitigate somewhat
+Added: our higher material costs.
+Added: We have a line of credit for up to $ 1 million, restricted by eligible receivables.
Management concludes that
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issuance of the financial statements
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
−Removed: have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Summary of Significant Accounting
−Removed: Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
−Removed: (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions.
−Removed: Such estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts
−Removed: of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
−Removed: amounts of sales and expense during the reporting period.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Cash and Cash Equivalents For purposes of reporting
−Removed: cash flows, we consider all cash and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: Fair Value of Financial Instruments .
−Removed: Our financial
−Removed: instruments consist of cash, cash equivalents, short-term trade receivables, payables, line of credit, PPP loan, Economic Injury Disaster
−Removed: Loan (“EIDL”) loan and secured notes.
−Removed: The carrying values of cash, cash equivalents, trade receivables, payables, line of
−Removed: credit approximate their fair value due to their short maturities.
−Removed: The fair values of the EIDL Loan approximates the carrying value based
−Removed: on estimated discounted future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made.
−Removed: Concentration of Credit Risk .
−Removed: Financial instruments,
−Removed: which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist of cash and cash equivalents, and accounts receivable.
−Removed: value of all financial instruments approximates fair value.
−Removed: The amount of cash on deposit with financial institutions occasionally exceeds
−Removed: the $ 250,000 federally insured limit at March 31, 2023.
−Removed: However, we believe that cash on deposit that exceeds $ 250,000 in the financial
−Removed: institutions is financially sound and the risk of loss is minimal.
−Removed: We have no significant off-balance sheet concentrations
−Removed: of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements.
−Removed: We maintain the majority of
−Removed: our cash balances with one financial institution in the form of demand deposits.
−Removed: Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are
−Removed: derived from transactions with and from entities in the healthcare industry primarily located in the United States.
−Removed: Accordingly, we may
−Removed: be exposed to credit risk generally associated with the healthcare industry.
−Removed: We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated
−Removed: losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments.
−Removed: We charge interest
−Removed: on past due accounts on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: The net accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2023
−Removed: of $ 947,623 included no more than 8% from any one customer.
−Removed: The net accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2022 of $ 1,024,370 included
−Removed: no more than 14% from any one customer.
−Removed: Warranty Accrual .
−Removed: provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time sales are recognized.
−Removed: While we engage in extensive product quality programs
−Removed: and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of our component suppliers, our warranty obligation is based upon
−Removed: historical experience and is also affected by product failure rates and material usage incurred in
−Removed: correcting a product failure.
−Removed: Should actual product failure rates or material usage costs differ from our estimates, revisions to the
−Removed: estimated warranty liability would be required.
−Removed: There was no warranty accrual at March 31, 2023.
+Added: accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern.
+Added: of Significant Accounting Policies
+Added: of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements .
+Added: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
+Added: generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions.
+Added: Such estimates and
+Added: assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
+Added: of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expense during the reporting period.
+Added: Actual results could differ from
+Added: those estimates.
+Added: and Cash Equivalents For purposes of reporting cash flows, we consider all cash and highly liquid investments with an original maturity
+Added: of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
+Added: Value of Financial Instruments .
+Added: Our financial instruments consist of cash, cash equivalents, short-term trade receivables, payables,
+Added: line of credit, PPP loan, Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) loan and secured notes.
+Added: The carrying values of cash, cash
+Added: equivalents, trade receivables, payables, line of credit approximate their fair value due to their short maturities.
+Added: The fair values
+Added: of the EIDL Loan approximates the carrying value based on estimated discounted future cash flows using the current rates at which similar
+Added: loans would be made.
+Added: Concentration
+Added: of Credit Risk .
+Added: Financial instruments, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist of cash and cash equivalents,
+Added: and accounts receivable.
+Added: The carrying value of all financial instruments approximates fair value.
+Added: The amount of cash on deposit with
+Added: financial institutions occasionally exceeds the $ 250,000 federally insured limit at March 31, 2024.
+Added: However, we believe that cash on
+Added: deposit that exceeds $ 250,000 in the financial institutions is financially sound and the risk of loss is minimal.
+Added: have no significant off-balance sheet concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign
+Added: hedging arrangements.
+Added: We maintain the majority of our cash balances with one financial institution in the form of demand deposits.
+Added: receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from transactions with and from entities in the healthcare industry primarily located
+Added: in the United States.
+Added: Accordingly, we may be exposed to credit risk generally associated with the healthcare industry.
+Added: We maintain allowances
+Added: for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make
+Added: required payments.
+Added: We charge interest on past due accounts on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2024 of $ 891,129 included no more than 11% from any one customer.
+Added: The accounts receivable balance
+Added: at March 31, 2023 of $ 920,721 included no more than 8% from any one customer.
+Added: We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time sales are recognized.
+Added: While we engage in extensive product quality programs and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of our
+Added: component suppliers, our warranty obligation is based upon historical experience and is also affected by product failure rates and material
+Added: usage incurred in correcting a product failure.
+Added: Should actual product failure rates or material
+Added: usage costs differ from our estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty liability would be required.
+Added: There was no warranty accrual
+Added: at March 31, 2024.
Inventories .
−Removed: are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value.
−Removed: We reduce inventory for estimated obsolete or unmarketable
−Removed: inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand
−Removed: and market conditions.
−Removed: If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs
−Removed: may be required.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023 and 2022, inventory consisted of
−Removed: the following:
+Added: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost
+Added: (first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value.
+Added: We reduce inventory for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventory equal to the
+Added: difference between the cost of inventory and the net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions.
+Added: If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.
+Added: March 31, 2024 and 2023, inventory consisted of the following:
Schedule of inventory
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Raw materials
Finished goods
−Removed: Total gross inventories
−Removed: Less reserve for obsolescence
Total net inventories
−Removed: A summary of the activity in our inventory reserve
−Removed: for obsolescence is as follows:
−Removed: Summary of inventory reserve for obsolescence
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: Balance, beginning of year
−Removed: Provision for estimated obsolescence
−Removed: Write-off of obsolete inventory
−Removed: Balance, end of year
−Removed: Property and Equipment .
−Removed: Property and equipment
−Removed: are stated at cost, with depreciation computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally three to seven years.
−Removed: straight-line method of depreciation for property and equipment.
−Removed: Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the remaining
−Removed: lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset.
−Removed: Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and major additions, replacements
−Removed: and improvements are capitalized.
−Removed: Depreciation expense for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 59,290 and $ 62,970 , respectively.
−Removed: Long-Lived Assets .
−Removed: Long-lived assets are reviewed
−Removed: for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
−Removed: asset is considered impaired when estimated future cash flows related to the asset, undiscounted and without interest, are insufficient
−Removed: to recover the carrying amount of the asset.
−Removed: If deemed impaired, the long-lived asset is reduced to its estimated fair value.
−Removed: assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or estimated fair value less cost to sell.
−Removed: The costs of applying for patents
−Removed: are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the patent’s economic or legal life (20 years from the
−Removed: date of application in the United States).
+Added: the fiscal year 2024, Encision added $ 153,511 in additional inventory reserve and wrote off $ 141,511 in inventory.
+Added: In fiscal year 2023,
+Added: Encision added $ 49,917 in inventory reserve and wrote off $ 34,917 in previously reserved inventory.
+Added: No inventory reserve was reduced
+Added: from the prior year.
+Added: Total Raw Materials reserve for fiscal year 2024 is $ 53,948 and $ 32,107 for fiscal year 2023.
+Added: Finished goods reserve
+Added: for fiscal year 2024 is $ 9,052 and $ 18,893 in fiscal year 2023.
+Added: of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities .
+Added: We determine if an arrangement includes a lease at the inception of the agreement and the right-of-use
+Added: asset and lease liability is determined at the lease commencement date and is based on the present value of estimated lease payments.
+Added: Our lease agreements contain both fixed and variable lease payments, none of which are based on a rate or an index.
+Added: Fixed lease payments
+Added: are included in the determination of the right-of-use asset and lease liability.
+Added: Variable lease payments that are not based on a rate
+Added: or index are expensed when incurred.
+Added: The present value of estimated lease payments is determined utilizing the rate implicit in the lease
+Added: agreement if that rate can be determined.
+Added: If the implicit rate cannot be determined, the present value of estimated lease payments is
+Added: determined utilizing our incremental borrowing rate.
+Added: The incremental borrowing rate is determined at the lease commencement date and
+Added: is estimated utilizing similar or collateralized borrowing instruments adjusted for the terms of leasing arrangement as necessary.
+Added: lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
+Added: The lease agreement is for
+Added: our building.
+Added: The original lease is from June 3, 2004 and was amended in August 2023 to extend the term until October 31, 2026.
+Added: as of March 2024 and 2023, for the Right of Use Asset were $ 900,787 and $ 496,004 , respectively.
+Added: The balances as of March 2024 and 2023
+Added: for Lease Liabilities were $ 1,066,987 and $ 593,494 , respectively.
+Added: and Equipment .
+Added: Property and equipment are stated at cost, with depreciation computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets,
+Added: generally three to seven years.
+Added: We use the straight-line method of depreciation for property and equipment.
+Added: Leasehold improvements are
+Added: depreciated over the shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset.
+Added: Maintenance and repairs are expensed
+Added: as incurred and major additions, replacements and improvements are capitalized.
+Added: Depreciation expense for the years ended March 31, 2024
+Added: and 2023 was $ 61,322 and $ 59,290 , respectively.
+Added: Property and equipment additions for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $ 12,050
+Added: and $ 173,269 , respectively.
+Added: Property and equipment is comprised principally of equipment and is depreciated over seven years.
+Added: Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
+Added: of an asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: A long-lived asset is considered impaired when estimated future cash flows related to the asset,
+Added: undiscounted and without interest, are insufficient to recover the carrying amount of the asset.
+Added: If deemed impaired, the long-lived asset
+Added: is reduced to its estimated fair value.
+Added: Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or estimated
+Added: fair value less cost to sell.
+Added: The costs of applying for patents are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the patent’s economic
+Added: or legal life (20 years from the date of application in the United States).
Capitalized costs are expensed if patents are not issued.
−Removed: We review the carrying value of our
−Removed: patents periodically to determine whether the patents have continuing value and such reviews could result in the conclusion that the recorded
−Removed: amounts have been impaired.
+Added: We review the carrying value of our patents periodically to determine whether the patents have continuing value and such reviews could
+Added: result in the conclusion that the recorded amounts have been impaired.
A summary of our patents at March 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
Summary of patents
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Patents issued
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Total net patents and patent applications
−Removed: The expected annual amortization expense related to
−Removed: patents and patent applications as of March 31, 2023, for the next five fiscal years, is as follows:
+Added: expected annual amortization expense related to patents and patent applications as of March 31, 2024, for the next five fiscal years,
+Added: is as follows:
Schedule of expected annual amortization expense
−Removed: Other Accrued Liabilities .
−Removed: At March 31, 2023
−Removed: and 2022, other accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
+Added: Accrued Liabilities .
+Added: At March 31, 2024 and 2023, other accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
Schedule of other accrued liabilities
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Sales commissions
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Total other accrued liabilities
−Removed: Income Taxes .
−Removed: We account for income taxes under
−Removed: the provisions of ASC Topic 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”).
−Removed: ASC 740 requires recognition of deferred
−Removed: income tax assets and liabilities for the expected future income tax consequences, based on enacted tax laws, of temporary differences
−Removed: between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities.
−Removed: ASC 740 also requires recognition of deferred tax assets for
−Removed: the expected future tax effects of all deductible temporary differences, loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards.
−Removed: assets are then reduced, if deemed necessary, by a valuation allowance for the amount of any tax benefits which, more likely than not
−Removed: based on current circumstances, are not expected to be realized.
−Removed: Should we achieve sufficient, sustained income in the future, we may
−Removed: conclude that some or all of the valuation allowance should be reversed (Note 5).
−Removed: ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for how companies
−Removed: should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in their financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on
−Removed: a tax return.
−Removed: Under ASC 740, tax positions must initially be recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the
−Removed: position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities.
−Removed: Such tax positions must initially and subsequently be measured as
−Removed: the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority
−Removed: assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts.
−Removed: The cumulative effect of adopting ASC 740 on April
−Removed: 1, 2007 has been recorded net in deferred tax assets, which resulted in no ASC 740 liability on the balance sheet.
−Removed: The total amount of
−Removed: unrecognized tax benefits as of the date of adoption was zero.
−Removed: There are open statutes of limitations for taxing authorities in federal
−Removed: and state jurisdictions to audit the Company’s tax returns from fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 through the current period.
−Removed: policy is to account for income tax related interest and penalties in income tax expense in the statements of operations.
−Removed: There have been
−Removed: no income tax related interest or penalties assessed or recorded.
−Removed: Because the Company has provided a full valuation allowance on all of
−Removed: its deferred tax assets, the adoption of ASC 740 had no impact on our effective tax rate.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition .
−Removed: We record revenue at a
−Removed: single point in time, when control is transferred to the customer, which is consistent with past practice.
−Removed: We will continue to apply our
−Removed: current business processes, policies, systems and controls to support recognition and disclosure.
−Removed: Our shipping policy is FOB Shipping
−Removed: We recognize revenue from sales to stocking distributors when there is no right of return, other than for normal warranty claims.
+Added: We account for income taxes under the provisions of ASC Topic 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”).
+Added: ASC 740 requires recognition of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the expected future income tax consequences, based on
+Added: enacted tax laws, of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities.
+Added: ASC 740 also requires
+Added: recognition of deferred tax assets for the expected future tax effects of all deductible temporary differences, loss carryforwards and
+Added: tax credit carryforwards.
+Added: Deferred tax assets are then reduced, if deemed necessary, by a valuation allowance for the amount of any tax
+Added: benefits which, more likely than not based on current circumstances, are not expected to be realized.
+Added: Should we achieve sufficient, sustained
+Added: income in the future, we may conclude that some or all of the valuation allowance should be reversed (Note 5).
+Added: 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for how companies should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in their financial statements
+Added: uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.
+Added: Under ASC 740, tax positions must initially be recognized in the
+Added: financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities.
+Added: positions must initially and subsequently be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of
+Added: being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts.
+Added: are open statutes of limitations for taxing authorities in federal and state jurisdictions to audit the Company’s tax returns from
+Added: fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 through the current period.
+Added: Our policy is to account for income tax related interest and penalties in
+Added: income tax expense in the statements of operations.
+Added: There have been no income tax related interest or penalties assessed or recorded.
+Added: The Company has provided a full valuation allowance on all of its deferred tax assets.
+Added: Recognition .
+Added: We record revenue at a single point in time, when control is transferred to the customer, which is consistent with past
+Added: We will continue to apply our current business processes, policies, systems and controls to support recognition and disclosure.
+Added: Our shipping policy is FOB Shipping Point.
+Added: We recognize revenue from sales to stocking distributors when there is no right of return,
+Added: other than for normal warranty claims.
We have no ongoing obligations related to product sales, except for normal warranty obligations.
−Removed: As presented on the Statement of Operations
−Removed: our revenue is disaggregated between product revenue and service revenue.
−Removed: As it relates specifically to product revenue, we do not believe
−Removed: further disaggregation is necessary as substantially all of our product revenue comes from multiple products within a line of medical
−Removed: Our engineering service contracts are billed on a time and materials basis and revenue is recognized over time as the services
−Removed: are performed.
−Removed: Sales Taxes .
−Removed: We collect sales tax from customers
−Removed: and remit the entire amount to each respective state.
−Removed: We recognize revenue from product sales net of sale taxes.
−Removed: Research and Development Expenses .
−Removed: research and development costs for products and processes as incurred.
−Removed: Advertising Costs .
−Removed: We expense advertising costs
+Added: As presented on the Statement of Operations our revenue is disaggregated between product revenue and service revenue.
+Added: As it relates specifically
+Added: to product revenue, we do not believe further disaggregation is necessary as substantially all our product revenue comes from multiple
+Added: products within a line of medical devices.
+Added: Our engineering service contracts are billed on a time and materials basis and revenue is
+Added: recognized over time as the services are performed.
+Added: determine revenue recognition through the following steps:
+Added: (1) identification of the contract with a customer;
+Added: (2) identification of
+Added: the performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: (3) determination of the transaction price;
+Added: (4) allocation of the transaction price to the
+Added: performance obligations in the contract (where revenue is allocated on a relative standalone selling price basis by maximizing the use
+Added: of observable inputs to determine the standalone selling price for each performance obligation);
+Added: and (5) recognition of revenue when,
+Added: or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.
+Added: 606 requires the disaggregation of revenue into broad categories, which we have defined as shown below.
+Added: Schedule of disaggregation revenue
+Added: March 31, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2023
+Added: Product revenue
+Added: Service revenue
+Added: Total revenues
+Added: We collect sales tax from customers and remit the entire amount to each respective state.
+Added: We recognize revenue from product
+Added: sales net of sale taxes.
+Added: and Development Expenses .
+Added: We expense research and development costs for products and processes as incurred.
+Added: We expense advertising costs as incurred.
Advertising expense for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 was minimal.
−Removed: Stock-Based Compensation .
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: is presented in accordance with the guidance of ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”).
−Removed: Under the provisions of ASC 718, companies are required to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant
−Removed: using an option-pricing model.
−Removed: The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over
−Removed: the requisite service periods in our statements of operations.
−Removed: ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value
+Added: Compensation .
+Added: Stock-based compensation is presented in accordance with the guidance of ASC Topic 718, “Compensation –
+Added: Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”).
+Added: Under the provisions of ASC 718, companies are required to estimate the fair value
of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model.
The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately
−Removed: expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the accompanying statements of operations.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense recognized during
−Removed: the period is based on the value of the portion of share-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest during the period.
−Removed: compensation expense recognized in our statements of operations for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 included compensation expense for share-based
−Removed: payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of March 31, 2023, based on the grant date fair value.
−Removed: Compensation expense for
−Removed: all share-based payment is recognized using the straight-line, single-option method.
−Removed: As stock-based compensation expense recognized in
−Removed: the accompanying statements of operations for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced
−Removed: for estimated forfeitures.
−Removed: ASC 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent
−Removed: periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
−Removed: We used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes
−Removed: model”) to determine fair value.
−Removed: Our determination of fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing
−Removed: model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables.
−Removed: These variables
−Removed: include, but are not limited to our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock
−Removed: option exercise behaviors.
−Removed: Although the fair value of employee stock options is determined in accordance with ASC 718 using an option-pricing
−Removed: model, that value may not be indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense recognized under
−Removed: ASC 718 for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 was $ 51,892 and $ 40,853 , respectively, which consisted of stock-based compensation expense related
−Removed: to director and employee stock options.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense related to director
−Removed: and employee stock options under ASC 718 for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 was allocated as follows:
+Added: expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in our statements of operations.
+Added: 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model.
+Added: value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in
+Added: the accompanying statements of operations.
+Added: compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of the portion of share-based payment awards that is ultimately
+Added: expected to vest during the period.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense recognized in our statements of operations for fiscal years 2024
+Added: and 2023 included compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of March 31, 2024, based
+Added: on the grant date fair value.
+Added: Compensation expense for all share-based payment is recognized using the straight-line, single-option method.
+Added: As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the accompanying statements of operations for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 is based on
+Added: awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures.
+Added: ASC 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the
+Added: time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
+Added: used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) to determine fair value.
+Added: Our determination of fair value
+Added: of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions
+Added: regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables.
+Added: These variables include, but are not limited to our expected stock price
+Added: volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors.
+Added: Although the fair value of
+Added: employee stock options is determined in accordance with ASC 718 using an option-pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the
+Added: fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction.
+Added: compensation expense recognized under ASC 718 for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 was $ 53,552 and $ 51,892 , respectively, which consisted of
+Added: stock-based compensation expense related to director and employee stock options.
+Added: compensation expense related to director and employee stock options under ASC 718 for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 was allocated as follows:
Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Cost of sales
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Stock-based compensation expense
−Removed: Segment Reporting .
−Removed: We have concluded that we
−Removed: have two operating segments, product and service.
−Removed: Product designs, develops, manufactures and markets patented surgical instruments.
−Removed: performs electrical engineering activities for external entities.
+Added: We have concluded that we have two operating segments, product and service.
+Added: Product designs, develops, manufactures and
+Added: markets patented surgical instruments.
+Added: Service performs electrical engineering activities for external entities.
Schedule of operating segments
−Removed: Year Ended March 31, 2023
−Removed: Year Ended March 31, 2022
+Added: Ended March 31, 2024
+Added: Ended March 31, 2023
Cost of revenue
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Equipment and patents, net
−Removed: Basic and Diluted Income per Common Share .
−Removed: Net income per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, "Earnings Per Share" ("ASC 260").
−Removed: Under the provisions
−Removed: of ASC 260, basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted average number of common
−Removed: shares outstanding for the period.
−Removed: Diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted
−Removed: average number of common and potential common shares outstanding during the period if the effect of the potential common shares is dilutive.
−Removed: Because we had a loss in fiscal years 2023 and 2022, the shares used in the calculation of dilutive potential common shares exclude options
−Removed: to purchase shares.
−Removed: The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income
−Removed: (loss) per share:
+Added: and Diluted Income per Common Share .
+Added: Net income per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, "Earnings Per Share"
+Added: Under the provisions of ASC 260, basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income for the
+Added: period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.
+Added: Diluted net income per common share is computed by
+Added: dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average number of common and potential common shares outstanding during the period
+Added: if the effect of the potential common shares is dilutive.
+Added: Because we had a loss in fiscal years 2024 and 2023, the shares used in the
+Added: calculation of dilutive potential common shares exclude options to purchase shares.
+Added: following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:
Schedule of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Net income (loss)
$ ( 691,783 )
+Added: $ ( 323,945 )
Weighted-average shares — basic
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Antidilutive equity units
−Removed: Recent Accounting Pronouncements .
−Removed: In June 2016,
−Removed: the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”.
−Removed: ASU 2016-13 adds a current expected
−Removed: credit loss (“CECL”) impairment model to U.S.
−Removed: GAAP that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.
−Removed: retrospective adoption is required with any cumulative-effect adjustment recorded to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period
−Removed: ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, excluding smaller reporting entities, which
−Removed: will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023.
−Removed: We will adopt ASU 2016-13 beginning April 1, 2023 and do not expect
−Removed: the application of the CECL impairment model to have a significant impact on our allowance for uncollectible amounts for accounts receivable.
Shareholders’ Equity
−Removed: Stock Option Plans.
−Removed: We adopted our 2014 Equity
−Removed: Incentive Plan (the “Plan,” as summarized below) to promote our and our shareholders’ interests by helping us to attract,
−Removed: retain and motivate our key employees and associates.
−Removed: Under the terms of the Plan, the Board of Directors may grant incentive and non-qualified
−Removed: stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, and other stock-based awards.
−Removed: purchase price of the shares subject to a stock option will be the fair market value of our common stock on the date the stock option
−Removed: Generally, vesting of stock options occurs such that 20% becomes exercisable on each anniversary of the date of grant for
−Removed: each of the five years following the grant date of such option.
−Removed: Generally, all stock options must be exercised within five years from
−Removed: the date granted.
−Removed: The number of common shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is 1,100,000 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment
−Removed: for dividend, stock split or other relevant changes in our capitalization.
−Removed: Under ASC 718, the value of each employee stock option
−Removed: was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model for the purpose of financial information in accordance with ASC 718.
−Removed: The use of a Black-Scholes model requires the use of actual employee exercise behavior data and the use of a number of assumptions including
−Removed: expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.
−Removed: Employee stock options for 155,000 and 270,000 shares of stock were
−Removed: granted during fiscal years 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, $ 194,000 of total unrecognized
−Removed: compensation costs related to nonvested stock is expected to be recognized over a period of five years.
−Removed: The assumptions for employee stock
−Removed: options are summarized as follows:
+Added: Option Plans.
+Added: We adopted our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan,” as summarized below) to promote our and our shareholders’
+Added: interests by helping us to attract, retain and motivate our key employees and associates.
+Added: Under the terms of the Plan, the Board of Directors
+Added: may grant incentive and non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance
+Added: units, and other stock-based awards.
+Added: The purchase price of the shares subject to a stock option will be the fair market value of our
+Added: common stock on the date the stock option is granted.
+Added: Generally, vesting of stock options occurs such that 20% becomes exercisable on
+Added: each anniversary of the date of grant for each of the five years following the grant date of such option.
+Added: Generally, all stock options
+Added: must be exercised within five years from the date granted.
+Added: The number of common shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is 1,100,000
+Added: shares of common stock, subject to adjustment for dividend, stock split or other relevant changes in our capitalization.
+Added: ASC 718, the value of each employee stock option was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model for the purpose of
+Added: financial information in accordance with ASC 718.
+Added: The use of a Black-Scholes model requires the use of actual employee exercise behavior
+Added: data and the use of a number of assumptions including expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.
+Added: Employee stock
+Added: options for 120,000 and 155,000 shares of stock were granted during fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, $ 145,000 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested stock is expected to be recognized over a period
+Added: of five years.
+Added: During the year ended March 31, 2024, various fully vested five-year stock options to purchase 328,916 shares of common
+Added: stock of us previously granted to board members and employees expired unexercised.
+Added: assumptions for employee stock options are summarized as follows:
Summary of assumptions for employee stock options
March 31, 2024
−Removed: March 31, 2022
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
Risk-free interest rate
4.05 % to 4.64 %
−Removed: 0.8 % to 1.05 %
Expected life (in years)
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Expected dividend
−Removed: Cumulative compensation cost recognized in net income
−Removed: or loss with respect to options that are forfeited prior to vesting is adjusted as a reduction of compensation expense in the period of
−Removed: The volatility of the stock is based on the historical volatility for the period that approximates the expected lives of the
−Removed: options being valued.
+Added: $ 0.39 to $ 0.75
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: $ 0.33 to $ 0.38
+Added: compensation cost recognized in net income or loss with respect to options that are forfeited prior to vesting is adjusted as a reduction
+Added: of compensation expense in the period of forfeiture.
+Added: The volatility of the stock is based on the historical volatility for the period
+Added: that approximates the expected lives of the options being valued.
Fair value computations are highly sensitive to the volatility factor;
−Removed: the greater the volatility, the higher the
−Removed: computed fair value of options granted.
−Removed: The total fair value of options granted was computed
−Removed: to be approximately $ 56,600 and $ 213,000 , for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: For disclosure purposes, these
−Removed: amounts are amortized ratably over the vesting periods of the options.
−Removed: Effects of stock-based compensation, net of the effect of forfeitures,
−Removed: totaled $ 51,892 and $ 40,853 for fiscal years 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating
−Removed: the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable.
−Removed: In addition, option valuation models require
−Removed: the use of assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility.
−Removed: Because our employee stock options have characteristics significantly
−Removed: different than those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate,
−Removed: in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of our employee
−Removed: stock options.
−Removed: A summary of our stock option activity and related information for equity compensation plans approved by security holders
−Removed: for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:
+Added: the greater the volatility, the higher the computed fair value of options granted.
+Added: compensation expense related to director and employee stock options under ASC 718 for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 was allocated as follows:
+Added: Schedule of stock-based compensation
+Added: Cost of sales
+Added: Sales and marketing
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Research and development
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: total fair value of options granted was computed to be approximately $ 40,025 and $ 56,600 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, respectively.
+Added: For disclosure purposes, these amounts are amortized ratably over the vesting periods of the options.
+Added: stock-based compensation, net of the effect of forfeitures, totaled $ 53,552 and $ 51,892 for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully
+Added: transferable.
+Added: In addition, option valuation models require the use of assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility.
+Added: our employee stock options have characteristics significantly different than those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective
+Added: input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily
+Added: provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of our employee stock options.
+Added: A summary of our stock option activity and related
+Added: information for equity compensation plans approved by security holders for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is
Summary of stock option activity
−Removed: STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
+Added: OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
Weighted-Average
−Removed: Exercise Price
+Added: Exercise Price per Share
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2022
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BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2024
−Removed: The following table summarizes information about employee stock options
−Removed: outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2023:
+Added: following table summarizes information about employee stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2024:
Schedule of employee stock options outstanding and exercisable
−Removed: STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
−Removed: STOCK OPTIONS EXERCISABLE
−Removed: Range of Exercise Prices
+Added: OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
+Added: OPTIONS EXERCISABLE
+Added: of Exercise Prices
Weighted-Average
−Removed: Contractual Life
+Added: Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)
Weighted-Average
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−Removed: The 1,049,000 options outstanding as of March 31,
−Removed: 2023 are nonqualified stock options.
−Removed: The exercise price of all options granted through March 31, 2023 has been equal to or greater than
−Removed: the fair market value, as determined by our Board of Directors or based upon publicly quoted market values of our common stock on the
−Removed: date of the grant.
−Removed: Commitments and Contingencies
−Removed: We have a noncancelable lease agreement for our facilities
−Removed: at 6797 Winchester Circle, Boulder, Colorado.
+Added: 751,000 options outstanding as of March 31, 2024 are nonqualified stock options.
+Added: The exercise price of all options granted through March
+Added: 31, 2024 has been equal to or greater than the fair market value, as determined by our Board of Directors or based upon publicly quoted
+Added: market values of our common stock on the date of the grant.
+Added: following table sets forth options to acquire shares of our common stock granted to Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended March
+Added: Schedule of options to acquire shares
+Added: Number of securities underlying options (#)
+Added: Exercise price of option awards ($/Sh)
+Added: Grant date fair value of option awards ($) (1)
+Added: Brian Jackman
+Added: Number of Securities underlying unexercised options (#)exercisable
+Added: Number of Securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable
+Added: Option exercise price ($/Sh)
+Added: Option expiration Date
+Added: Brian Jackman
+Added: and Contingencies
+Added: have a noncancelable lease agreement for our facilities at 6797 Winchester Circle, Boulder, Colorado.
The lease expires October 31, 2026.
−Removed: On April 1, 2021, we adopted Accounting Standards
−Removed: Codification (“ASC”) ASC 842 “Leases” using the initial date of adoption method, whereby the adoption does not
−Removed: impact any periods prior to April 1, 2019.
−Removed: ASC Topic 842 retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases.
−Removed: The classification
−Removed: criteria for distinguishing between finance leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the classification criteria for distinguishing
−Removed: between capital leases and operating leases in the previous leases’ guidance.
−Removed: We recorded an operating Right of Use (“ROU”)
−Removed: asset of $ 1,555,150 , and an operating lease liability of $ 1,619,842 as of April 1, 2019.
−Removed: The difference between the initial operating
−Removed: ROU asset and operating lease liability of $ 64,692 is accrued rent previously recorded under ASC 840.
−Removed: We elected to adopt the package
−Removed: of practical expedients and, accordingly, did not reassess any previously expired or existing arrangements and related classifications
+Added: April 1, 2021, we adopted Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) ASC 842 “Leases” using the initial date of
+Added: adoption method, whereby the adoption does not impact any periods prior to April 1, 2019.
+Added: ASC Topic 842 retains a distinction between
+Added: finance leases and operating leases.
+Added: The classification criteria for distinguishing between finance leases and operating leases are substantially
+Added: similar to the classification criteria for distinguishing between capital leases and operating leases in the previous leases’ guidance.
+Added: We recorded an operating Right of Use (“ROU”) asset of $ 1,555,150 , and an operating lease liability of $ 1,619,842 as of April
+Added: The difference between the initial operating ROU asset and operating lease liability of $ 64,692 is accrued rent previously recorded
under ASC 840.
−Removed: If the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable,
−Removed: we use our incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate.
−Removed: We use our best judgement when determining the incremental borrowing rate,
−Removed: which is the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term to the lease payments.
−Removed: Our operating lease includes the use of real property.
+Added: We elected to adopt the package of practical expedients and, accordingly, did not reassess any previously expired or existing
+Added: arrangements and related classifications under ASC 840.
+Added: the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, we use our incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate.
+Added: We use our best
+Added: judgement when determining the incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized
+Added: basis over a similar term to the lease payments.
+Added: operating lease includes the use of real property.
We have not identified any material finance leases as of March 31, 2024.
−Removed: For the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, we had
−Removed: $ 329,255 and $ 357,644 , respectively, for lease expense.
−Removed: The following is a maturity analysis of the annual
−Removed: undiscounted cash flows reconciled to the carrying value of the operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2023:
+Added: the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, we had $ 329,255 and $ 357,644 , respectively, for lease expense.
+Added: following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows reconciled to the carrying value of the operating lease liabilities
+Added: as of March 31, 2024:
Schedule of principal U.S.
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Weighted-average discount rate
−Removed: On February 8,
−Removed: 2021, we entered into a second unsecured promissory note under the PPP for a principal amount of $ 533,118 .
−Removed: This was our second PPP loan.
−Removed: During the quarter that ended September 30, 2021, we achieved the requirements for forgiveness of the second note and recognized the forgiveness
−Removed: as extinguishment of debt income of $ 533,118 .
−Removed: On November 15, 2022, we entered into a loan and security
−Removed: agreement with Pathward, N.A.
−Removed: (formerly Crestmark Bank).
+Added: November 15, 2023, we entered into a loan and security agreement with Pathward, N.A.
The loan is due on demand and has no financial covenants.
−Removed: Under the agreement,
−Removed: we were provided with a line of credit that is not to exceed the lesser of $1,000,000 or 85% of eligible accounts receivable.
−Removed: rate is prime rate plus 0.5%, with a floor of 6.75%, plus a monthly maintenance fee of 0.4%, based on the average monthly loan balance.
−Removed: Interest is charged on a minimum loan balance of $300,000, a loan fee of 0.5% at closing and annually, and an exit fee of 3%, 2% and 1%
−Removed: during years one, two and three, respectively.
−Removed: The minimum future EIDL payment, by fiscal year, as
−Removed: of March 31, 2023 is as follows:
+Added: Under the agreement, we were provided with a line of credit that is not to exceed the lesser of $1,000,000 or 85% of eligible accounts
+Added: The interest rate is prime rate plus 0.5%, with a floor of 6.75%, plus a monthly maintenance fee of 0.4%, based on the average
+Added: monthly loan balance.
+Added: Interest is charged on a minimum loan balance of $300,000, a loan fee of 0.5% at closing and annually, and an exit
+Added: fee of 3%, 2% and 1% during years one, two and three, respectively.
+Added: August 4, 2020, we received $ 150,000 in loan funding from the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Administration (“SBA”) under the Economic
+Added: Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program administered by the SBA, which program was expanded pursuant to the CARES Act.
+Added: EIDL is evidenced by a promissory note, dated August 1, 2021 in the original principal amount of $ 150,000 with the SBA, the lender.
+Added: the terms of the Note, interest accrues on the outstanding principal at the rate of 3.75 % per annum.
+Added: The term of the Note is thirty years,
+Added: though it may be payable sooner upon an event of default under the Note.
+Added: minimum future EIDL payment, by fiscal year, as of March 31, 2024 is as follows:
Schedule of principal U.S.
−Removed: The minimum future U.S.
−Removed: Bank payment, by fiscal year,
−Removed: as of March 31, 2023 is as follows:
+Added: September 2020, we entered into a note agreement with U.S.
+Added: Bank for $ 92,000 .
+Added: The note is for five 5 years at a 5 % interest rate and the proceeds were used to purchase equipment.
+Added: The note is secured by the
+Added: minimum future U.S.
+Added: Bank payment, by fiscal year, as of March 31, 2024 is as follows:
Schedule of principal U.S.
−Removed: During September 2022, we entered into a note
−Removed: agreement with U.S.
+Added: June 2022, we entered into a note agreement with U.S.
Bank for $ 118,970 .
−Removed: The note is for five 5 years at a 6 % interest rate and the proceeds were used to purchase
+Added: The note is for five years at a 6 % interest rate and the proceeds
+Added: were used to purchase equipment.
The note is secured by the equipment.
−Removed: The minimum future principal U.S.
−Removed: Bank payment, by
−Removed: fiscal year, as of December 31, 2022 is as follows:
+Added: minimum future principal U.S.
+Added: Bank payment, by fiscal year, as of March 31, 2024 is as follows:
Schedule of principal U.S.
−Removed: We are subject to regulation by the United States
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).
−Removed: The FDA provides regulations governing the manufacture and sale of our products and
−Removed: regularly inspects us and other manufacturers to determine our and their compliance with these regulations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, we believe
−Removed: we were in substantial compliance with all known regulations.
−Removed: FDA inspections are conducted periodically at the discretion of the FDA.
+Added: are subject to regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).
+Added: The FDA provides regulations governing
+Added: the manufacture and sale of our products and regularly inspects us and other manufacturers to determine our and their compliance with
+Added: these regulations.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, we believe we were in substantial compliance with all known regulations.
+Added: FDA inspections are
+Added: conducted periodically at the discretion of the FDA.
We were last inspected in October 2019.
−Removed: Our obligation with respect to employee severance
−Removed: benefits is minimized by the “at will” nature of the employee relationships.
−Removed: Our total obligation with respect to contingent
−Removed: severance benefit obligations was none as of March 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: We account for income taxes under ASC 740, which requires
−Removed: the use of the liability method.
−Removed: ASC 740 provides that deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on the differences
−Removed: between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes, referred to as temporary
−Removed: Deferred income tax assets and liabilities at the end of each period are determined using the currently enacted tax rates
−Removed: applied to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred income tax assets and liabilities are expected to be settled or realized.
−Removed: Income tax provision (benefit) for income taxes is
−Removed: summarized below:
+Added: obligation with respect to employee severance benefits is minimized by the “at will” nature of the employee relationships.
+Added: Our total obligation with respect to contingent severance benefit obligations was none as of March 31, 2024 and 2023.
+Added: account for income taxes under ASC 740, which requires the use of the liability method.
+Added: ASC 740 provides that deferred income tax assets
+Added: and liabilities are recorded based on the differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for
+Added: financial reporting purposes, referred to as temporary differences.
+Added: Deferred income tax assets and liabilities at the end of each period
+Added: are determined using the currently enacted tax rates applied to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred income tax assets
+Added: and liabilities are expected to be settled or realized.
+Added: tax provision (benefit) for income taxes is summarized below:
Schedule of income tax expense (benefit)
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Valuation allowance
−Removed: The following is a reconciliation
−Removed: between the effective rate and the federal statutory rate:
+Added: following is a reconciliation between the effective rate and the federal statutory rate:
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Expected income tax rate
+Added: $ ( 145,000 )
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
−Removed: PPP forgiveness
Other permanent differences
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Income tax expense
−Removed: The components of the net accumulated deferred income tax asset (liability)
−Removed: are as follows:
+Added: components of the net accumulated deferred income tax asset (liability) are as follows:
Schedule of deferred income tax asset liability
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
Other deferred assets
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Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)
−Removed: The primary components of our deferred tax assets
−Removed: are described below:
+Added: primary components of our deferred tax assets are described below:
March 31, 2024
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Total deferred tax assets
−Removed: In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets,
−Removed: management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which net
−Removed: operating losses and reversal of timing differences may offset taxable income.
−Removed: Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred
−Removed: tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.
−Removed: A valuation allowance is provided
−Removed: when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
−Removed: Due to our lack of earnings history,
−Removed: the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, we had approximately $ 7.3 million
−Removed: of net operating loss carryovers for tax purposes.
−Removed: Additionally, we have approximately $ 376,000 of research and development tax credits
−Removed: available to offset future federal income taxes.
−Removed: The net operating loss and credit carryovers begin to expire in the fiscal year ended
−Removed: March 31, 2024.
−Removed: In fiscal years ended after March 31, 2023, net operating losses expire at various dates through March 31, 2043 .
−Removed: operating loss carryovers at March 31, 2023 include $455,000 in income tax deductions related to stock options which will be tax effected
−Removed: and the benefit will be reflected as a credit to additional paid-in capital when realized.
−Removed: As such, these deductions are not reflected
−Removed: in our deferred tax assets.
+Added: assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all
+Added: of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
+Added: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of
+Added: future taxable income during the periods in which net operating losses and reversal of timing differences may offset taxable income.
+Added: Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies
+Added: in making this assessment.
+Added: A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax
+Added: asset will not be realized.
+Added: Due to our lack of earnings history, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, we had approximately $ 8.9 million of net operating loss carryovers for tax purposes.
+Added: Additionally, we have approximately
+Added: $ 384,000 of research and development tax credits available to offset future federal income taxes.
+Added: The net operating loss and credit carryovers
+Added: begin to expire in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
+Added: In fiscal years ended after March 31, 2024, net operating losses expire at various
+Added: dates through March 31, 2045 .
The Internal Revenue Code contains provisions, which may limit the net operating loss carryforwards available
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Customers/Suppliers
−Removed: We depend on sales that are generated from hospitals’
−Removed: ongoing usage of AEM surgical instruments.
−Removed: In fiscal year 2023, we generated sales from over 300 hospitals that have changed to AEM products.
+Added: depend on sales that are generated from hospitals’ ongoing usage of AEM surgical instruments.
+Added: In fiscal year 2024, we generated
+Added: sales from over 300 hospitals that have changed to AEM products.
Three vendors accounted for approximately 47 % of our inventory purchases.
Contribution Employee Benefit Plan
−Removed: We have adopted a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan which
−Removed: covers all full-time employees who have completed at least three months of full-time continuous service and are age eighteen or older.
−Removed: Participants may defer up to 20% of their gross pay up to a maximum limit determined by law.
−Removed: Participants are immediately vested in their
−Removed: contributions.
−Removed: We may make discretionary contributions based on corporate financial results for the fiscal year.
−Removed: To date, we have not
−Removed: made contributions to the 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.
−Removed: Vesting in a contribution account (our contribution) is based on years of service,
−Removed: with a participant fully vested after five years of credited service.
−Removed: Related Party Transaction
−Removed: We paid consulting fees of $ 55,715 and $ 71,908 to
−Removed: an entity owned by one of our directors in fiscal years 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: have adopted a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan which covers all full-time employees who have completed at least three months of full-time
+Added: continuous service and are age eighteen or older.
+Added: Participants may defer up to 20% of their gross pay up to a maximum limit determined
+Added: Participants are immediately vested in their contributions.
+Added: We may make discretionary contributions based on corporate financial
+Added: results for the fiscal year.
+Added: To date, we have not made contributions to the 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.
+Added: Vesting in a contribution account
+Added: (our contribution) is based on years of service, with a participant fully vested after five years of credited service.
+Added: Party Transaction
+Added: paid consulting fees of $ 32,032 and $ 55,715 to an entity owned by one of our directors in fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Subsequent Events
−Removed: Management evaluated all of our activity and concluded
−Removed: that, as of the date the financial statements were issued, no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition in the financial
−Removed: statements or disclosure in the notes to the financial statements.
−Removed: Changes In and Disagreements
−Removed: with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: evaluated all of our activity and concluded that, as of the date the financial statements were issued, no subsequent events have occurred
+Added: that would require recognition in the financial statements or disclosure in the notes to the financial statements.
+Added: Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: October 17, 2023, we were notified that Gries & Associates, LLC (“Gries”), our independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm, had completed a sale of its customers to GreenGrowth CPAs Inc.
+Added: (“GreenGrowth”).
+Added: As a result of this transaction, Gries
+Added: resigned its engagement with us immediately.
+Added: October 18, 2023, upon the approval of our Audit Committee, we engaged GreenGrowth as our new independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm for our fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 and interim periods.
+Added: reports on our financial statements for the past two years did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not
+Added: qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
+Added: The report had been prepared assuming that we would continue
+Added: as a going concern and included an explanatory paragraph regarding our ability to continue as a going concern as result of recurring
+Added: losses and a deficiency in shareholders’ equity.
+Added: the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent period through October 17, 2023, there were (i) no disagreements (as described
+Added: in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between us and Gries on any matter of accounting principles or
+Added: practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to Gries’ satisfaction, would
+Added: have caused Gries to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements for such years;
+Added: and (ii) no “reportable
+Added: events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except that Gries advised us of material weaknesses in its internal
+Added: control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: our two most recent fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through the date of its engagement,
+Added: we did not consult with GreenGrowth regarding either of the following:
+Added: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction,
+Added: either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and GreenGrowth did not
+Added: provide a written report or oral advice on any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue that GreenGrowth concluded was an important
+Added: factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was
+Added: either the subject of a disagreement, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions, or a “reportable
+Added: event,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
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